Table 3 24-h urinary heavy metal levels in all patients during chelation therapy.
Treatment courses | Mercury poisoning | Lead poisoning | Arsenic poisoning | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cases | Urinary mercury (μg/day) | Cases | Urinary lead (mg/L) | Cases | Urinary arsenic (mg/L) | |
1 | 48 | 139.4–8686.9 | 19 | 0.357–4.545 | 23 | 0. 278–5.981 |
2 | 37 | 77.2–2962.5 | 18 | 0.333–3.668 | 16 | 0.222–1.554 |
3 | 18 | 66.7–828.1 | 11 | 0.199–1.786 | 8 | 0.173–0.827 |
4 | 11 | 52.8–336.4 | 9 | 0.174–1.525 | 3 | 0.166–0.545 |
5 | 5 | 47.3–201.5 | 6 | 0.172–1.228 | 1 | 0.107–0.224 |
6 | 2 | 50.2–164.7 | 3 | 0.993–1.004 | 1 | 0.062–0.102 |
7 | 1 | 16.3–38.9 | 2 | 0.726–0.995 | ||
8 | 2 | 0.483–0.801 | ||||
9 | 1 | 0.206–0.387 | ||||
10 | 1 | 0.084–0.229 | ||||
11 | 1 | 0.023–0.068 | ||||
